Universal-joint lamp-support.



UNITED sTATEsPATENir olilnon.A

WILLIAM SMITH, or Los ANGELES, roALIFoNrA.

i UNIVERSAL-JOINT LAMP-SUPPORT.

Be itknown that Il VILLIAM SMITH, a

citizen lof the Netherlands` residing at Los Angeles. in thecount; of Los Angeles and lState of California. have inventedneu' and uset'ul Improvements in niversalJoin't La'n1'pSup ports. of which thetollowing is a specification.

)ly obect 1s to make a universal )oint lamp support which n1a \v be readily applied and adjusted upon a post. such as a bed-post or the like. and to which the lamp may be readilr applied or removed. and my invention consists in the novel features herein shown. described and claimed.

Figure l a perspective showing a univers-al joint lamp support embodying the principlesot my intention. njiththe lamp in i position for use upon a bed-post.`

Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal section on the line 2v-2 of Fig. 1.

'banchthe bolt- G inserted through the ears.

the Wing-'nut 7 upon the bolt for pulling the ears Je and 5 together to tlghten the band fl `upon the post, and the `supporting arm t.

extending from the lower edge of the band "2 and at the opposite side of the band from the ears l' and In a like manner, the clip 9 comprises the band 10. the ears 11 and 12' extending from the ends of the band. the

bolt 13 inserted through the ears 11 and 12. the wing-.uut 11 upon the bolt 13 for pulling the ears 11 and 12 together vto clamp the band 1l) upon the post 3. and the arm 15 extending from the upper edge ofthe band 1() parallel 'with the arm S and at the opposite side of the band from the ears 11 and12.

The swinging trame 16 comprises the bearing bar 1T fitting between rthe arms S and 15. and the forks 1S and 19 extending from the central portion of 4thebearing bar 16 and having alined bearings 20 land 21 in Specification-of LettersPatent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

4Aplplicaticm ied December 11, 1917. Serial No. 206,701.

their ends.l A bolt '22 is inserted down- `Ward1y throughth a-rxn 8. and through the arm 15 and has a clamping nut 23y upon its en d, so that by manipulating the nutV '23 the Joint betweenthe swinging frame l'nd the clips 1 and 9 lua-3v be sti l,e-ned to any desired extent.

' The lamp socket. clamp 24 is a split band adapted to encircle and grip the lamp socket 25. there being ears 26 and 427 extending from the endsof the band and a bolt 2S inserted through the ears and a clamping nut 29 upon the end of the bolt sov as to tighten the band 24 upon the 'socket .A bearing 30 extends from the band 2l at right. angles to the ears 26 and 27.V and a rivet or bolt 31 is inserted `through the bearing 30 andv throughfthe bearingQO to secure the clamp pirotally and 'permanently in position between the ends of the forks 18 and 19. .A n'ingcreuv 32 is inserted through the bearingQ-l and screw-seated in the hearing 33 extending from thefband Q4" diametricall)v opposite the bearing 30. so that manipulating the Wing-screw 32the jointbetween vthe lamp socket 25 and the forks 18.and 19 may be stiffened to any1 desired extent. The

lamp 34 is removed from the socket 'the i nut Q9 manipulated to'loosen the clamp Q-L.

and the socket E25 is insertedthrough the clamp 2l and then the lamp 34 is replaced in the socket. The lamp socket 25 is of the usual construction and is attached tot-he lamp cord 35.

In the modification shown 1n. I*`1g. 5. the

arln 36 extends from the bearing bar 17 and a socket 3T extends from the forks 1S and 19.

said arm 3G telescopi'ng into the socket-37 sothat the lamp- 3 4 may be inored to and' from the bearing bar 17. B r manipulating the nuts 7 and '14 the clips 1 andf maybe adjusted longitudinally' upon the post- 3 and thisfpostvmay he a corner bedwpost` asshown. or any other suitr able bar standing either vertically or horizontally. The bands 2 and 10 are suiti'cientl) flexible to allori the clips t-o be appliedto posts \a1', \"ing considerablxin size and' to allow thel ears to be opened Wide enough to snapthe clips over the posts.4 The. lamp 'swings toand fro upon the axis of the bolt 22 and at right angle-sto this axis-upon the axis of the riveti 31 and screw 32. and the los lamp moves to Vand from the supporting postq by the sliding of the socket 37 upon the .Various changes may be made in the. details of construction without departing from the spirit of my invention as set up in the following claims.

I claim: y i 1. A universal joint lamp support com'- prising -two flexible cli s, bolts inserted through the free' ends of t e clips, wing-nuts ulpon the bolts, arms extending from the c ips, a the arms, a bolt inserted through'the arms and through the swinging frame, 'a nut ,upon' 'the bolt for tightenin the arms against the frame, and a lamp soc et clip carrled by the swinging frame.

2. A universal joint lamp support comprising two flexible clips adapted to embrace a post, bolts inserted through the free ends of the clips, wing-nuts for tightening the clips upon the post, arms extending from the clips, a swinging frame mounted between the arms, a bolt inserted through the arms and through the swinging frame for Y swinging frame mounted between" clampingthearms aga-inst the frame amp socket clip pivotally carried by the' rame. i

3.=A universal Yjoint lamp support -comprising two flexible clips ada ted to e'mbrlice a ost, bolts inserted throng the freeends o the clips, wing-nuts upon the boltsl Jextending from the clips, a bearing'jbar mounted between the arms, a bolt inserted through thel arms 'and bearing bar,l forks ffarriedffby the bearing bar, and law-la'mp .4.'A 11'niversal joint lamp support comprising two flexible-'clips adapted to embrace a post, boltsinserted-through the free ends of the clips, wing-nutsupon the bolts, arms extending from the clips, airbeari'ng barmounted between the arms, a bolt inserted through the arms and bearin bar, forks telescopically connected to thev earing bar, and a. lamp socket clamp pivotally mountedA between the forks.

In testimony whereof I'have signed myi name-to this specioation. i

WM. SMITH.

soeketlamp pivotally mounted between the, 

